MALDONADO. Deportivo Maldonado bested Cerro to win 2-1. T. Fernández was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. It was Deportivo Maldonado to strike first with a goal of Tomás Fernández at the 18′. Then Tomás Fernández scored again for Deportivo Maldonado in the 57′ minute scoring a double. Eventually, Fernando Souza reduced the distance for Cerro (80′). Finally, that was it, and the result remained 2-1.
The match was played at the Estadio Domingo Burgueño Miguel stadium in Maldonado on Sunday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The weather was heavy intensity rain. The temperature was cold at 12.46 degrees Celsius or 54.43 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 94%.
Match Statistics
- 52 Ball Possession 48
Shots
- 14 Total 3
- 8 On Target 2
- 6 Off Target 1
- 2 Shots blocked 1
- 124 Attack 118
- 64 Dangerous attack 36
- 0 Ball safe 0
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 1
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 4 Yellow Cards 6
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Ball possession
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Deportivo Maldonado was in possession of the ball for 52% of the time vs. Cerro that controlled the ball for 48% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Deportivo Maldonado was more aggressive with 64 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Deportivo Maldonado won the match.
Deportivo Maldonado shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Cerro shot 3 times, 2 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
Deportivo Maldonado received 4 yellow cards (Danilo Lerda, Guillermo Cotugno, Jairo Coronel and Lucas Núñez). Talking about the opposition, Cerro received 6 yellow cards (Matías Cabrera, Pablo Lacoste, Darío Denis, Lucas Rodríguez, Tomás Fernández and Sebastián Cáceres).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Deportivo Maldonado will have 2 points like Plaza Colonia and Cerro Largo to hold in the 9th place. Talking about the opposition, Cerro will stay with 1 points to hold in the 15th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Primera Division, Deportivo Maldonado will play away against Boston River on the 15th of September with a 6-2 head to head stats in favor of Boston River (0 draws).
Cerro will host River Plate on the 15th of September with a 12-9 head to head record in favor of River Plate (10 draws).
Deportivo Maldonado – Formation
Deportivo Maldonado
86'
90'
18', 57'
The manager Fabián Coito Machado decided to play with the following team: Danilo Lerda, Guillermo Cotugno, Facundo Tealde, Santiago Cartagena, Ángel Cayetano, Eduardo Darias, Lucas Núñez, Diego Romero, Hernán Toledo, Tomás Fernández and Claudio Spinelli.
The home team had on the bench: Martín Ferreira, Nicolás Queiroz, Mariano Nichele, Agustín Alfaro, Enzo Borges, Facundo Píriz, Máximo Alonso, Nicolás Mezquida, Nicolas Fuica and Guillermo Reyes.
Substitutions
Deportivo Maldonado made 4 changes: Hernán Toledo for Máximo Alonso (90′), Tomás Fernández for Nicolás Mezquida (90′), Claudio Spinelli for Mariano Nichele (76′) and Santiago Cartagena for Facundo Píriz (76′).
Cerro – Formation
Cerro
Gustavo Washington Ferreira Briozzo played with: Darío Denis, Mathias Abero, Nicolas Cabral, Pablo Lacoste, Fernando Souza, Sebastián Cáceres, Jairo Coronel, Gastón Pérez, Lucas Rodríguez, Cristhian Tizon and Mariano Peralta Bauer.
These were the players on the bench: Nicolás Ramos, Alan Garcia, Roberto Brum, Ramiro Fernandez, Matías Cabrera, Gabriel Araújo, Luis Femia, Danilo Cóccaro, Luca Franco and Emiliano Federico Álvarez Silva.
Substitutions
Cerro made 4 changes: Gastón Pérez for Matías Cabrera (63′), Mathias Abero for Ramiro Fernandez (36′), Mariano Peralta Bauer for Danilo Cóccaro (84′) and Jairo Coronel for Luca Franco (84′).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Primera Division.
- Deportivo Maldonado – Cerro – 2-1
- River Plate – Racing – 0-0
- Nacional – Plaza Colonia – 0-0
- Fénix – Liverpool – 1-0
